Gore, Others on Crypto Policy
There's a transcript of today's White House press conference on the new US encryption policy at: http://jya.com/vp091698.htm VP Gore, Justice, FBI, DoD, NSA, CIA, BXA and cooperating industry were there explaining the way it's supposed to satisfy all interests of the agencies and a few good businesses if not the citizenry. Domestic crypto restrictions? Well, take a look at how that was punted. And what the FBI is setting up to see that law enforcement needs are met, and what DoD is planning for surveilling the globe, strong crypto or not. Not a word about backdoors, TA, DIRT, keyboard snooping, covert chip features, compromising emanations, national technical means, just assurances that the plan satisfies the interests of the protectors.
Not a word about backdoors, TA, DIRT, keyboard snooping, covert chip features, compromising emanations, national technical means, just assurances that the plan satisfies the interests of the protectors.
They sound too satisfied; as if they don't really need domestic controls anymore. I see the references to Cisco and the promotion of GAK. I choose "d) All of the above." Have they been hanging around Intel, Sun and Microsoft lately? I expect also that some key congresspeople have signed up. The recent embassy events may have eased their minds about the Constitution. Isn't this technique referred to as the "We'd have to kill you if we told you but if only you knew what we know..." routine? We can expect some sort of suspension-of-the-Bill-of-Rights-if-crypto-is-involved laws to begin their journey next year. You're free to use any crypto you want to but if we say 'give us the key' you'll be in jail until you do, 1st, 4th and 5th be damned. Isn't that more or less the case with controlled substances? Need a clean machine and an on-line machine now. Copper room. Sneakernet between the two. What is 'TA'? What is 'National Technical Means'? Mike
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Michael Motyka